我海上的家:水往高處流的城市(5)
文章來源: 圈外閑人2014-12-06 10:40:28

聖約翰(Saint John)是加拿大新不倫瑞克省(New Brunswick)的最大城市。

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這座城市給了巨大的驚喜,因為她給了每一位抵港的女士一朵玫瑰。這是我的黃玫瑰,就讓我的小丫丫保管了。

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聖約翰最著名的景點是逆流瀑布(Reversing Falls Rapids),聖約翰河(Saint John River)水從上遊流來,在排空進入芬迪灣(Bay of Fundy)之前,通過一個狹窄的河道,造成了河水由下至上倒流的奇觀。丈量了一下從碼頭到瀑布的距離,知道走路是去不了的,決定參加遊輪的聖約翰重點遊。

我們的導遊是位可愛的老太太,她自稱是個徹頭徹尾的保皇黨。

我們的第一站是市中心集市(City Market),這個集市自18世紀後期開門,是加拿大最古老的持續運作農貿市場。

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市中心集市有新鮮蔬果。

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更有440隻由兒童手繪的蝴蝶。

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集市邊上是皇後廣場(Queen Square)。

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我們在大巴士上緩緩而行,聽著導遊講解聖約翰的曆史,知道加拿大富豪歐文(Irving)家庭靠著石油起家,坐擁了一大半聖約翰。

維多利亞式建築

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卡爾頓·馬泰羅塔(Carleton Martello Tower):1812年建成的軍事要塔,是聖約翰最古老的建築,一直到第二次世界大戰後才退役。

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氣派的高中

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當然重點遊的重點是逆流瀑布,這是我們在現場看到的水流。

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我們看到水中尋找魚食的海獅,看到美麗景色中不協調的煉油廠。至於那個向上流的河水呢,我不太能夠肯定,於是我詢問了導遊,這就是倒流的水嗎?她給了我非常肯定的回答。對此我兒子持不同的觀點,他認為水往高處流隻出現於漲潮時,跟著大巴士來了就碰到的幾率微乎其微。

這是從網上找來的逆流錄像,我始終也不能確定我們是否看到了奇觀。

從大巴士上下來,我們回船稍事休息,享用了美味的午餐。

下午就是我們的自由行,誰能不迷失於這座帶著18世紀風韻的城市?

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